Contractor Summit

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Contractor Summit

• Conrad Spangler
• Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy

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Mineral Mining (2004) Production Tonnage 106.3
million Mine Workers 3603 Production Hours 6.99
million Contractor Hours 0.98 million
Coal Mining (2004) Production Tonnage 30.56
million Mine Workers 4558 Production Hours
9.08 million
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Fatal and Serious Injuries at Virginia Mineral
Mines 1994 - 2004
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45.1-161.2922. Definitions. "Operator" means
any person who operates, controls or supervises a
mine or any independent contractor performing
services or construction at such mine.
"Licensed operator" means the operator who has
obtained the license for a particular mine under
45.1-161.29230. "Independent contractor"
means any person that contracts to perform
services or construction at a mine. "Miner"
means any individual working in a mineral mine.

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45.1-161.29263. Notices of violations. A. If
the Director or a mine inspector has reasonable
cause to believe that a violation of the Act has
occurred, he shall with reasonable promptness
issue a notice of violation to the person who is
responsible for the violation.
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• RISK ASSESSMENT
• Both mines and contractors
• Fatal and serious injury rates
• COs NOVs
• Injury frequency rates
• New mine or contractor

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• General Mineral Miner Certification
• Extract or process minerals
• Excludes delivery, office, maintenance, service
  and construction work
• Board of Mineral Mining Examiners
• Nine members
• One appointed member an employee of an
  independent contractor
• One appointed member an officer, manager or
  supervisor of an independent contractor

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• New miners
• Newly-employed experienced miners
• New tasks
• Annual refresher
• Hazard training

Each operator shall have a training plan
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Fatal and Serious Injuries at Virginia Mineral
Mines 1994 - 2004